So, because it's No-Pics Thursday (February 15th, 2018) today, you know what that means...
It's time for the Weekly Fanfic Recommendation LINK-SWAP Game thread to continue!
And we're in Week 14 of the Season 7 to Season 8 Hiatus.
However, as it's one day past Valentines Day, let's focus on something different. For this recs thread, focus on recommending romance or shipping fics.
Anyways, THE RULES (read 'em carefully):
Post a link to a fanfiction you like (can be your own as well - it's okay to self-promote), with or without a short blurb.
Important: Reply to someone else's post with a link to a fanfiction you think they might like, based on their choices.
Put each of your choices in a separate post if you want to make sure to get a recommendation based on each one. You may reply to someone else's reply, either to you or to someone else. Please make long discussion threads, they introduce a healthy bit of exploration and can help us find new interests! And that's it!
PLEASE COMPLETE BOTH STEPS 1 and 2. Don't just show up and ask for recommendations if you're not willing to provide any. I'll start the first few threads myself, and reply with a gentle reminder if you forget.
IMPORTANT NOTE. Thanks to /u/BookHorseBot (many thanks to their creator, /u/BitzLeon), you can now use the aforementioned bot to easily post the name, description, views, rating, tags, and a bunch of other information about a fic hosted on Fimfiction.net. All you need to do is include "{NAME OF STORY}" in your comment (without quotes), and the bot will look up the story and respond to your comment with the info. It makes sharing stories really convenient. You can even lookup multiple stories at once.
Ready? Set? LET"S GO! Also, feel free to self-promote in here!
Hello and again welcome to your weekly dose of '[witty comment]': 'This Week on the Plounge' wherein I inform you, the fine folks of the mane sub, what's been going on at your favourite sister subreddit, the Plounge, this past week.
Wait, what is this Plounge you speak of?
The Plounge, or more formally the MLP Lounge is /r/mylittlepony's sister subreddit. Designed to be a place where you can free of the tyranny of rules 3 and 4. A chill place for bronies or anyone to talk in a SFW chat centric environment. It can be found over at /r/MLPLounge. (most of us browse by /new though). Oh and BPM is nice to have. Even if you're allergic to using emotes yourself you'll miss a lot of extra context without it.
What some casual conversation with a sprinkling of ponies? Come over to this introductions thread and meet some people. Don't worry there's also a topic so it ain't just "hi!" "hi" awkward silence.
News
Regulars
Every week there are two Plounge member of the 'day' AMAs! You can sign up here. AMAs since last week's TWOTP are...
Character Discussions Threads (weekly on Fridays) courtesy of /u/I_Condone_Pone:
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The top 5 link and self posts, for your browsing content.
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(manually selected rather than just by score)
The game isn't out yet, but enough supplemental material and previews have been released that we have a handle on the personalities of the Them's Fightin' Herds protagonists.
If the Mane 6 were called by the Map to Foenum and met their counterparts, how would they get along?
A refresher:
Twilight Sparkle and Spike - Oleander the Unicorn and Fred.
Applejack - Arizona the Cow
Rarity - Velvet the Reindeer
Pinkie Pie - Paprika the Alpaca
Fluttershy - Pom the Sheep
Rainbow Dash - Tianhuo the Longma
Should I watch friendship is magic or equestrian girls first?
Hi there! It's Thursday again and that means another chance to talk about what's been happening around here and how you feel about it!
Same as every other time, feel free to discuss whatever it is you'd like regarding our little subreddit good or bad. If you're unhappy we'll try our best to fix whatever problem you're having!
If you want to talk about the MLP fandom in general, that's fine too!
But some people may not want to talk about comics or anything else that hasn't happened yet, so you should be nice and hide those conversations from those people by using the spoiler tag.
If you don't know how it's as easy as making an emote:
[It has ponies!](/spoiler)
Becomes: It has ponies!
And if you're not wanting to discuss the subreddit or community specifically you can also check out the weekly off-topic thread here!!!!!
So I've always loved horses. However, my parents are very anti-horse, think they're dangerous. My horse experience is limited to a couple of times riding. I'm 20 rn and in about 3-4 years I will be in a very good financial spot to where horses could become a possibility for me. I'm not interested in showing, just having a pleasure horse along with a few other animals. However, every horse person I know started as kids. Am I too late? Advice on how to get started before making a purchase eventually!
Hi, um. I've heard that people watch the swedish dub of the show. I'm just kind of wondering why
Hey everyone. So basically, when mlp first started airing I was only 11 and just didn't really care for mlp all that much. I didn't watch it and I didn't watch many cartoons then either in an attempt to appear "grown up" (which is bs obviously). As the series went on and grew in massive popularity, I became curious but only really saw people get mocked for liking the show, and as a 13-15 year old in highschool I was afraid of being judged for anything so I just didn't watch it. Thus, I missed out on the golden days of the fandom.
These days, I'm more mature and honestly don't give a shit about what people think of me or my interests. I saw the mlp movie and loved it - loved the songs, the animation, the characters, TEMPEST - and I can see myself falling into a rabbit hole here and joining the fandom. But...is it worth it? I know it's not as big and loud as it used to be and I'm kinda sad that I missed all that. What goes on in the fandom these days?
EDIT: Thanks for the gold!
